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The number of you mentioning you've taken advantage of the free Amazon book previews to determine what books you ulitmately purchase has me wondering how many books I've read in the past few years that I wouldn't have completed if I'd only "sampled" it from the first chapter. I can offhand think of several which started off quite slowly, and which I might have put aside for a bit and come back to finish later. Many were well reviewed literature, but which didn't "grab" me from the start. Most of which I really enjoyed by the end.
If I'd not had the financial investment of having already purchased the book, I might never have persevered and finished them. Likely I'd never have gone beyond the first chapter.
What about the rest of you? How many books have you not liked from the start but enjoyed reading in the end? Do the free samples for the Kindle have the potential of making you a bit jaded if the book doesn't "grab" you from the start? Do you think that writers and editors will have even more pressure to make Chapter 1 more compelling? (Not that it's ever not been important, but will this make a change in how publishers approach new releases?)
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